Sothebys: The Ted Benttinen Library of Exploration and Adventure - online 11/25, N11633, New York

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December 09, 2024 - December 09, 2024
Page Size: 312 items in 13 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 (Falkner, Thomas)

Of the Patagonians. Formed from the relation of Father Falkener a Jesuit who had resided among them thirty eight Years. And from different Voyagers who had met with this tall race.

Darlington 1788 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 7,200.00
102 (Falkner, Thomas)

Of the Patagonians. Formed from the relation of Father Falkener a Jesuit who had resided among them thirty eight Years. And from different Voyagers who had met with this tall race.

Darlington 1788 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 7,200.00
103 Fine, Oronce

De mundi sphaera, sive Cosmographia, primave Astronomiae parte, libri V.

Paris 1542 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,600.00
104 Forster, Johann Reinhold

History of the Voyages and Discoveries made in the North.

London 1786 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,320.00
105 Franklin, Sir John

Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 ...

London 1823 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,920.00
106 Franklin, Sir John

Collection of 5 works in 9 volumes, on his voyage narratives

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
107 (Franklin, Sir John) --- John Arrowsmith

Discoveries in the Arctic Sea, between Baffin Bay & Melville Island; Shewing the Coasts Explored on the Ice ...

21 October 1851 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 13,200.00
108 (Franklin, Sir John) --- Robert Anstruther Goodsir

An Arctic Voyage to Baffin's Bay and Lancaster Sound, in Search of Friends with Sir John Franklin.

London 1850 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
109 (Franklin, Sir John) --- Commander E. A. Inglefield

A Summer Search for Sir John Franklin; with a Peep into the Polar Basin. With Short Notices by Professor Dickie, on the Botany, and by Dr. Sutherland, on the Meteorology and Geology.

London 1853 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,560.00
110 (Franklin Expedition) --- E. A. Inglefield

C.6. Chart Shewing the North West Passage Discovered by Capt. R.L.M. McClure, H.M. Ship Investigator; also the Coast Explored in Search of Sir J. Franklin, by Sir Jas. Ross 1848 & 9...

London 14 October 1853 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,400.00
111 (Franklin, Sir John) --- [Mary Anne Kay]

A Brave Man and His Belongings: Being Some Passages in the Life of Sir John Franklin, R.N., ... First Discoverer of the North-West Passage.

London 1874 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 7,800.00
112 (Franklin, Sir John) --- William Kennedy

A Short Narrative of the Second Voyage of the Prince Albert, in Search of Sir John Franklin.

London 1853 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 7,200.00
113 (Franklin, Sir John) --- Richard King

The Franklin Expedition from First to Last.

London 1855 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 8,400.00
114 (Franklin, John, Sir) --- James Mangles (ed.)

Papers and Despatches relating to the Arctic Searching Expeditions of 1850--51.

London 1851 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,600.00
115 (Franklin, Sir John) --- James Mangles (ed.)

Papers and Despatches relating to the Arctic Searching Expeditions of 1850--51--52.

London 1852 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,360.00
116 (Franklin, Sir John) --- Robert McCormick

Narrative of a Boat Expedition up the Wellington Channel in the Year 1852 ... in H.M.B. "Forlorn Hope," in Search of Sir John Franklin;

London 1854 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 18,000.00
117 (Franklin, Sir John) --- Sherard Osborn

Three works about the Search for Sir John Franklin and the Northwest Passage

USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,880.00
118 (Franklin, John, Sir) --- James Parsons

Reflections on the Mysterious Fate of Sir John Franklin.

London 1857 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 13,200.00
119 (Franklin, Sir John) --- Sir John Richardson

Arctic Searching Expedition: A Journal of a Boat-Voyage through Rupert's Land and the Arctic Sea, in Search of the Discovery Ships under Command of Sir John Franklin.

London 1851 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,360.00
120 (Franklin, John, Sir) --- William Scoresby

The Franklin Expedition: or Considerations on Measures for the Discovery and Relief of our Absent Adventurers in the Arctic Regions.

London 1850 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,360.00
121 (Franklin, Sir John) --- John Joseph Shillinglaw

A Narrative of Arctic Discovery, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. With the Details of the Measures Adopted by Her Majesty's Government for the Relief of the Expedition under Sir John Franklin.

London 1850 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,200.00
122 (Franklin, Sir John ) --- W. Parker Snow

Voyage of the Prince Albert in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Narrative of Every-Day Life in the Arctic Seas.

London 1851 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
123 (Franklin, Sir John) --- John Washington (ed.)

Eskimaux and English Vocabulary, for the Use of the Arctic Expedition.

London 1850 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 24,000.00
124 (Franklin, Sir John) --- British Parliamentary Papers

Arctic Expedition. Further Correspondence and Proceedings Connected with the Arctic Expedition. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty.

London 1852 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,360.00
125 (Franklin, Sir John)

An extensive collection of leaves extracted from the Illustrated London News, 1845--1881, covering in words and wood-engraved illustrations the Search for the Franklin Expedition and related topics

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,680.00
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